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- Fri Jul 12, 2024 7:29 am
- Forum: The Library: Information Desk and Educational Resources
- Topic: The Milky Way is a lot less massive than we thought
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Re: The Milky Way is a lot less massive than we thought
The recent study utilizing data from the Gaia spacecraft provides intriguing insights, revealing that the Milky Way's mass is significantly less than previous estimates. By analyzing the galaxy's rotation curve, researchers have placed the Milky Way's mass at about 200 billion solar masses, with an ...